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Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, derails the brain’s normal balance between stability and excitability.
The all-time record is Usain Bolt’s 9.58 seconds, set in 2009. What is the fastest time, ultimately, for an ideal human body?
Big Think Business columnist Eric Markowitz prefaces his new series on long-term thinking with the experience that almost cut his life short.
“Fasting…should not be demonized for simply suggesting that we take a break from eating once in a while.”
Cody Delistraty explores if laughter can help alleviate the physical symptoms of grief.
An excerpt from renowned neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey’s book “Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness.”
Depression can cause you to think too much — and physically sense too little.
Fixing chronic pain in the body may sometimes require a treatment focused on the brain.
SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in humans in 2019. Despite much noise generated by lab leak proponents, the evidence indicates a natural origin.
While GLP-1 agonists help people lose weight, different drugs could help them retain muscle at the same time.
The hangover “cures” on the market don’t work. A new hydrogel does.
GLP-1 agonists may be able to treat addiction, prevent Alzheimer’s, and more.
“If we could target those circuits very precisely, then there’s great potential to block the inflammation response for many diseases.”
A new family of drugs is changing the way scientists are thinking about obesity.
A human hand has the power to split wooden planks and demolish concrete blocks. A trio of physicists investigated why this feat doesn’t shatter our bones.
Even with the best technology imaginable, you’d probably never be able to exist as a consciously aware brain in a vat.
Vaccines targeting some of our deadliest cancers are showing promise in early trials.
What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?
Forensics has reached the final frontier, and could be used to solve future space accidents—or crimes.
More than 90% of ticks that bit treated volunteers were dead within 24 hours.
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.
A growing body of research suggests that optimism plays a significant role in promoting both physical and mental well-being.
Twin Health lets patients with diabetes see what’s happening inside their own body and can model each patient’s unique metabolism.
CRISPR study helps answer a question that has long puzzled scientists.
Genes are sometimes called the “blueprint of life,” but that doesn’t make them the behavioral playbook.
After listening to the same playlist, people from the United Kingdom, the United States, and China reported feeling nearly identical bodily sensations.
Its creators hope the technology will help people meaningfully connect with the external world.
Long overlooked, menstrual stem cells could have important medical applications, including diagnosing endometriosis
They call it “Judo T-cell therapy,” and it’s 100 times more potent than regular CAR-T cells.